You guessed it. Today was an another travel day, The difference between RVing and cruising by ship is that we move by day instead of my night. The nice thing about that is getting to see the scenery change. It is our belief that most people have never thought about how much the topology can change by traveling less than 200 miles. On this trip, we’ve seen a lot of changes. Each area of the country has its own beauty; beauty that needs to be conserved and cared for and not abused or ignored.
We left the desert country of Vegas and headed southeast to Flagstaff, a trip of 260 miles. We retraced some of yesterday’s miles since we had to go over the Colorado River at Hoover Dam. Of course, with the solid railing of the bridge, we were not able to see anything below us. Per usual, there were changes in elevation. Watching the temperature of the engine coolant was important. Had the ambient temperature been 10 degrees warmer it could have been a problem. Thankfully, it wasn’t.
We arrived in Flagstaff about 2:30 PM to some milder temperatures. Flagstaff is still in a mountainous region though the topology is different. The change between Las Vegas and Flagstaff is gradual in that the bushes that dot the landscape change to evergreen trees. At Flagstaff, there are deciduous trees that are showing signs of Fall. The yellow color of the leaves mixed with the green of the conifers were things we haven’t seen in a while.
We were here in Flagstaff at the KOA 10 years ago. At that time the KOA campground was way out of town as in now stores or shopping centers. Now, town has come to the entrance of the campground. Is this what we call ”progress?”
The photos, shown below, present the changes in scenery from Las Vegas to Flagstaff. The first two were taken looking out the side window of the motorhome. The second two were taken looking through the windshield.
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